Beauty: a Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast / Robin McKinley 247 p.

A gentle retelling of Beauty and the Beast where Robin McKinley tells how Beauty and her family came to live in an abandoned house because it is too near the enchanted forest. This slow paced character driven story shows the interpersonal relationships between Beauty and her father and her sisters.  She graciously tells of her sisters romances, of her love for her father, and how she came to live willingly in the enchanted castle.